What you'll be working on:As our Lead Process Engineer, you will sit at the critical link that transforms novel alloy breakthroughs into manufacturable, reproducible, and market-ready products. This is a hands-on role with responsibility to design, mature, and optimize powder manufacturing processes for state-of-the-art new metal alloys.
Key Responsibilities- Be the subject matter expert in powder manufacturing, consolidation, and sintering equipment and processes across alloy systems. Own the success of scaling up processes from pilot plant to serial production.
- Design and implement innovative processes for achieving reduced cycle times, higher right-first-time rates, higher yields, and lower operating costs.
- Collaborate with contract manufacturers to qualify and improve manufacturing processes.
- Identify and install best practices for process data collection, analysis, and utilization for improving product quality and reducing manufacturing costs.
- Work closely with Product Scientists in developing processing parameters, manufacturing windows, and work instructions that enable the manufacturing team to produce alloys and parts consistently at scale.
- Author and maintain standard operating procedures and maintenance procedures for all equipment and alloy product lines.
Qualifications- Engineering degree and 3+ years of industry experience in metallurgical manufacturing, with demonstrated shop floor engineering experience. Powder metallurgy processing experience is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with process optimization, problem solving in a manufacturing environment, and ensuring safe working practices.
- Familiarity with alloy processing techniques such as powder metallurgy, heat treatment, or additive manufacturing relevant to demanding applications.
- Systematic, detail-oriented approach to problem-solving and process development.
- Collaborative team player who works effectively across R&D, manufacturing, and commercial functions.
- Comfortable operating with ownership and initiative in a fast-paced, resource-constrained start-up environment.
- Strong technical writing skills - able to produce clear, organized documentation including SOPs, qualification reports, and process specifications.
Compensation and BenefitsThe success of this company will be grounded in the long-term productivity of our team. To provide everyone with the physical, mental and financial safety to operate at their long-term best, we provide the following:
- Meaningful, challenging, impactful work, and opportunities to grow within the company at all levels
- Competitive salary, guaranteed to rise with inflation at a minimum each year
- Equity - People at every level will have an impact, and should benefit from their work
- Unlimited paid vacation, with a very strong expectation that employees take a minimum of 15 days off per year, and a full week off at least once per year
- Flexible working style. Most jobs will require people to be present in person or in office most of the time, but in general we care about what's getting done, not when or where you're doing it
- Top tier health, dental and vision insurance with limited employee contributions
- A voice in future benefits. This is the beginning, and we will work together to keep adding new, better ways to provide for everyone in the company
